Archaeology Notes

Event ID 707560

Category Descriptive Accounts

Type Archaeology Notes

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NS97NE 31 99653 77027

(NS 99653 77027) West Port House is an example of a country laird's house set on the edge of country town, as distinct from a town house proper. It is a tall, typical example of the fortalice of a country estate at the end of the 16th century. A plain rubble-built house on the L-plan, now 3 storeys high, having been lowered and undergone various other alterations in the 18th century, it was built by 1600, though it is probable that the block facing the street is rather older. Traces of this earlier building may be seen on the N side, e.g. built-up windows and a circular shot-hole. Despite the later alterations, this house still retains its essential character.

RCAHMS 1929, visited 1926; N Tranter 1962

A well preserved house as described.

Visited by OS (JP) 9 July 1974.